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INDIAN IT IN NUMBERS 

(Updated  May 20 2013)
Total no. of subscriptions890 million
Mobiles  860 million 
Landlines: 30 million  
Total no. of PCs: 80 million  
Internet accounts:  70  million  (fixed);   25 million (on mobile phones) 
Broadband: 15  million
Active Internet users:  200 million fixed + mobile Internet 40 millionTV owning houses: 116 million ( digital: 30 million)

NEW!  Global and Indian smartphone market -- IDC numbers March-April 2013

Gartner study: Usageof semiconductors in India 2012... LCD rules

CISCO-IAMAI study on Mobile VAS market in India 

BCG-CII Report on  IT ENABLEMENT OF INDIAN BUSINESS March 2013 

The FICCI-KPMG Indian Media and Entertainment - Industry Report 2013  *India Tablet market in 2012... CyberMedia Research report
*Top IT spenders in India: Gartner study
*India Online buying trends from Google study India highlights
*India highlights from Akamai State of Internet report Q3 2012.
*India market for Electronics, semicionductor: ISA study
*Indian Mobile Internet usage: Dec 2012 report

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  Despite the adverse hype, 100,000 Aakash tabs delivered
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